Number of Water Wells: 258 (50 deep Well and 208 semi deep Well)
Donor Number: 3 donor organizations from Australia, UK and Turkey
District: 10
Community: Local
Country: Bangladesh
In the project 50 deep and 208 semi deep Water-wells are being installed at different Upazilas in Sathkhira, Bogra, Manikganj, Kurigram, Pabna, Kushtia, Meherpur, Lakshmipur, Tangail, and Dhaka district of Bangladesh. This program will strengthen the social tie. It will serve the target beneficiaries clean and safe water who have not pure water resource or the public places like education or religious institutions, public places – hat, bazar, etc. These tube wells will ensure safe water for drink and fulfil the requirement of clean water in everyday life. The project will help to protect the health of target people from various water borne diseases.
PROJECT’S GOAL:
Improve access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation, and hygiene practices of poor and marginalized people in three targeted districts in Bangladesh.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
- To increase access to sustainable safe water facilitation to the 1,512 people of 189 marginalized families by installing 20 tube wells and 1 Hand Pump
- To improve the quality of life and health for people in rural areas.
- To increase hygiene promotion awareness and reduce the prevalence of WASH-related diseases, including trachoma, Guinea worm, and diarrheal diseases, through the promotion of personal hygiene and environmental practices.
affordable drinking water and adequate sanitation and hygiene can be gained if the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-6 related to water and sanitation are achieved. Providing the underprivileged people in Bangladesh with safe drinking water and adequate sanitation and hygiene facility would help to complement this goal. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene program provides access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation and hygiene practice of poor and marginalized people of Bangladesh.
SAWAB has been implementing Water and Sanitation program since its inception and every year it contributes in improvement of water and sanitation facilities in Bangladesh with an installation of new water wells and repairing of older systems. Considering the water and sanitation situation in Bangladesh some international donor organizations have come forward to assist SAWAB for doing the humanitarian work in partnership with them.
SAWAB considers scarcity of water sources in isolated islands and coastal areas, salinity and arsenic in ground water, contamination of surface water, dry and deep water table in dry Char lands, etc. to identify the specific site for installation of water wells. Besides, there are awareness sessions by following specific manual on hygiene issues where there have been participation of more than one hundred thousand people in the year.
- Access to safe water facilities
- Access to safely managed sanitation facilities
- Waste management in municipal towns
- Water quality testing
- WASH facilities in schools
- WASH in emergencies
